Government must do more to boost energy storage and demand response, say MPs

Madeleine Cuff
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Final report from Energy and Climate Change Select Committee calls for a redesign of the Capacity Market to incentivise energy storage and demand side response

The UK has a chance to become a world leader in smart energy technologies such as demand response and energy storage, but only if the government takes the necessary steps to reform the regulatory market....

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